⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
+2Q133-35
-2Q221-24
+8Q327-21
-10Q430-36
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their eleven- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their four
Key battles
17Offensive rebounds4
2Blocks6
11Turnovers21
43%Shooting from the field61%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses technical free throw
Q3 10:00 · BOS 61-59 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:00 · BOS 61-59 PHX
📊The numbers
| BOS | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 61% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 24 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
